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On Sunday, February 5th, 2017 at 7:49 p.m., Duluth Police responded to a local hospital facility after receiving information of a 19 year old male victim being admitted with an apparent gunshot wound. 

Duluth Police Investigators determined the shootings took place from one moving vehicle into another moving vehicle. A suspect vehicle followed the victim vehicle from downtown Duluth onto I-35.  A single shot fired from the suspect’s vehicle into the victim vehicle, striking a 19 year old male passenger.  A disabled vehicle, determined to be the suspect vehicle, was located unoccupied a short distance from the Can of Worms on Highway 53.  According to a witness, they saw individuals running from the suspect vehicle. Duluth Police patrol officers also located the victim vehicle in the area of 27th Avenue West and Michigan Street.  As a result of the investigation, Duluth police investigators identified and arrested the three suspects in connection with the shooting incident.

On Monday, February 13th, 2017, 21 year old Nicolas Marvin Lamerand of Duluth was formally charged in Saint Louis District Court for Felon in Possession of a Firearm.  22 year old Joseph Michael Lamerand of Duluth was formally charged in Saint Louis District Court for Aiding an Offender.  Today at around noon, Duluth Police located 21 year old Brandon Edward Spence in West Duluth and arrested him on a warrant issued by Saint Louis County Attorney’s Office for 2nd Degree Assault and Aid and Abet Drive by Shooting. 

The investigation continues and no additional information is available.